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faking fall in the tropics

faking fall in the tropics- making fall food while it's 90 degrees out

Pinterest is pretty much killing me right now, y’all. Fall is not even my favorite season (summer all the way!), but seeing the world of boots, sweaters, crunchy leaves and pumpkin-everything from afar without the chance to experience any of it has been harder than I anticipated.

So we are following Jordan’s lead and faking fall around here.

faking fall in the tropics- pumpkin dipI don’t know that we’ve ever eaten this much pumpkin-y goodness- pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pie dip, pumpkin pie popcorn… it’s a regular fall festival at our house.

faking fall in the tropics- soupIs it working? Hmmm… kind of? It helps that we’ve had a few rainy, cool-to-us days (meaning it got down into the 70s and I could make this yummy soup– ha!). However, I’m not sure anything could replace the gorgeousness of yellow aspens in the mountains. Turns out there are some big downsides to living in endless summer (even for this summer loving mama).

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pumpkin pie ‘harvest popcorn’

Even though the weather here is still in the high 90’s, we try to make things feel as “fallish” as possible. We start burning fall candles, we decorate with fall leaves and pumpkins, we watch football, and we make this popcorn. A friend shared it with me a couple years ago and we make it […]

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forty three yummy savory pumpkin recipes

The beauty of pumpkin is that it is really fabulous in both sweet and savory recipes. Here is a round up of forty three savory pumpkin recipes ready to fill your menu planner for the next month with pumpkin-y goodness (*note- all pictures can be read top to bottom, left to right)- Homemade pumpkin puree […]

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seventy fabulous sweet pumpkin recipes

Y’all, making pumpkin dip last week for the Apple Sampler released the fall-happy, pumpkin-fanatic in me. Since that batch of pumpkin dip, I’ve opened three cans of pumpkins to make six different pumpkin recipes- pumpkin smoothies, chocolate pumpkin mousse, frozen pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, and, of course, more pumpkin dip. I can’t seem to get […]